Is Dinchat free to use?
Dinchat is free to start. You can open it, come in as a guest, look at who is online and begin your first matched conversations without paying anything and without entering a card. It is not free without end: a match begins with free time, and if you keep talking past it, the call continues on coins.
We would rather say that in the first paragraph than let you find out halfway through an evening. The rest of this page shows where the line sits, so you can decide how you want to use the place.
What do you get without paying?
Quite a lot, and all of it is there from your first visit.
- Coming in as a guest. No fee, no card, no form.
- Who's online. Browsing the list, viewing it by country and opening people's profiles.
- Free matches for new users. You begin with a set of them. The number is shown on the match screen and can change over time, so we do not print one here.
- The free time at the start of each match. Every match you start with a free match opens with a stretch of conversation that costs nothing.
- More from the Reward Center. Claimable several times a day.
How is a matched call counted?
This is the part that decides whether a call costs you anything, so here it is in order. Two things are being counted: the number of matches you start, and the time you spend inside each one.
- 1
You tap Match
Starting a new match uses one of your free matches. If you have none left, it draws on coins.
- 2
The free time runs
The call opens with free time and a countdown on screen. Talk, type, decide whether you like each other. Nothing is being spent.
- 3
A notice appears
Shortly before the countdown ends, a notice shows up in the call to say that paid time is about to begin.
- 4
You stay or you go
Stay, and the call continues on coins for as long as you keep talking. Leave, and it ends there. If you have no coins, the call does not carry on past the free time.
We do not quote the length of the free time or a price in coins. Both are set in the product and can change; the countdown in front of you is always right.
What is the Reward Center?
It is where Dinchat hands out rewards, free matches above all. It sits as a bar along the top of the match screen, and when it says a reward is ready, you claim it. Then it resets, and the same thing happens again later: several times a day, not once.
It is the reason "free to start" stretches further than a one-time trial. The practical side, the two states of the bar and how to keep track of what you hold, is on the coins and Reward Center page.
When do coins come in?
In two situations. The first is time: you are on a matched call, the free time is over, and you choose to keep talking. The second is count: you want to start another match and have no free ones left.
Running out of free matches does not charge you anything; it simply means the next match needs coins or a Reward Center claim. You can also stop for the day and come back when a new reward is ready.
It helps to think of it as two lanes. In the free lane you move at the pace of the Reward Center and of the free time inside each call: a conversation, a pause, another. In the coins lane the conversation carries on past the countdown and the next match does not wait. Neither is the correct way to use Dinchat.
Free vs coins: what does each one cover?
Here is the split in one place. Where a row says "shown in the product", the terms can change, so the screen is the place to check.
What is free on Dinchat and what uses coins | Free | Coins |
|---|
| Entering as a guest | Yes | — |
| Browsing Who's online and profiles | Yes | — |
| Random Match, video or voice | The opening stretch of each match, while you have free matches | Staying on after the countdown, and matches once the free ones are used |
| Reward Center claims | Yes, several times a day | — |
| Messages and calls from a profile | Shown in the product | Shown in the product |
| Gifts and other extras | — | Yes |
Do you need a card to start?
No. There is no card step on the way in. Payment details only come up if you yourself decide to buy coins. Until then there is nothing on file to bill.
That also means you can judge the place properly before money enters into it. Browse the list, use your free matches, see whether the conversations are the kind you were hoping for. If they are not, you close the tab and owe nothing.
How do you get the most out of the free part?
Four small habits, none of which costs anything.
- 1
Look before you match
Browsing who's online costs nothing. If someone there looks interesting, start with them.
- 2
Open well
The free time is for finding out whether you two get on. A direct, friendly first line makes better use of it than a minute of "hi" and "hey".
- 3
Follow before the countdown ends
A follow lets you find a person again, so a good call does not depend on staying past the free time.
- 4
Claim before you start
Look at the Reward Center when you open the match screen. A reward claimed first is one you can use in that sitting.
Voice matches draw on the same free matches as video. If you prefer talking with the cameras off, see random voice chat.
Is anything hidden?
No, and that includes the part people would like to hear. There is no such thing as "free forever" here, and any page that promises you that about a live chat service deserves a second look. What we can say is that the free part is real and it renews through the day.
If something in the product ever seems to contradict this page, trust what the product shows and tell us; the address is on the contact page. The step-by-step view of the screens is in how Dinchat works.
